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London Gears Up for Its Summer Fairs

This week and until June 28, the Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair in Kensington is a treasure trove of vintage design, with objects priced from 100 pounds, or about $150, to £1 million. Early highlights published ahead of the fair included a ...

www.nytimes.comJune 23, 2015

All about the etiquette course Nicky Hilton's wedding guests took

Nicky Hilton's wedding to James Rothschild at Kensington Palace today is one of the biggest society events of the season - so it's natural that some of their American guests would want to guard themselves against any behavioral snafus at the royal ...

www.dailymail.co.ukJuly 10, 2015

Airbnb hotspots: why the Isle of Dogs beats Covent Garden

Kensington (755) and Notting Hill (612) do still fare well as the second and fourth most popular tourist neighbourhoods in London – possibly because they are not only very famous but also have a fair number of flats and houses – but at the very top of ...

www.theguardian.comJune 29, 2015

From C-Suite to Startup: Lisa Brush, Symphony Senior Living

With tenacity, high standards and a passion for the business, Brush set out to not only be the best but work with the best in the industry, says Tiffany Tomasso, now the CEO of Kensington Senior Living, who previously worked as Brush's supervisor as ...

seniorhousingnews.comJuly 8, 2015

London's Most Curious Public Artworks

There's recently been an explosion of interest in temporary public art projects in London, from bus art trails to knitted phone boxes, Books about Town and Talking Statues. They encourage us to pay closer attention to the city we live in, but what ...

londonist.comJuly 1, 2015

Collecting Guide: Clocks

There are so many different types of clocks to consider and within them different styles. You may decide you would like a more traditional clock; longcases can be excellent furnishing pieces, they work well in any sort of interior. A fantastic example ...

www.christies.comJune 12, 2015

Long Island City's Historic Clock Tower Is Now A Landmark

lic-clock-tower-landmark.jpg Well that was easy. Less than a year after a preservation campaign launched, the Clock Tower of Long Island City is officially a landmark. The Landmarks Preservation Commission vote unanimously to designate the 14-story Art ...

ny.curbed.comMay 12, 2015

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EXCLUSIVE: Etiquette expert reveals details about the high society training course Nicky Hilton's American wedding guests took ahead of her wedding to British banking heir James Rothschild Myka Meier of Beaumont Etiquette offers an $875 class... New York-based etiquette expert Myka Meier was asked by number of Nicky’s guests in order to help them prepare for the extravagant event with a series of lessons in how to make the best impression at a British high society event. And speaking to Daily Mail Online about the variety of services she has available for guests attending such high-profile events, Myka revealed that the motivation for many was the desire to leave a lasting – and wholly positive – impression on the...

ow do you judge which district of Paris, London , New York – any city – is the best to live in. Setting aside the many opinions on the subject, you might watch the tourists. Now however, with online accommodation sharing, people seem to be choosing to stay where people live – and you can get this kind of data from Airbnb. Airbnb doesn’t give out guest data very casually, or, at least, it doesn’t to me, but you can learn a lot from its listings. Paris is the world’s biggest city for Airbnb , with more than 40,000 listings (compared with New York’s 34,000 and London’s 23,000). During last summer alone, 66,320 Airbnb guests stayed just in the Marais, a historic arty district in the centre,... One flat in the Marais could easily host several dozen people over the course of a busy summer, so the locals were probably not outnumbered by guests at any given time, but still. For the UK’s capital, Airbnb provides a list of 48 suggested London “neighbourhoods” – a fine word, albeit not one that many Londoners would use. And, of course, there’s no way of knowing how many of the listings are busy, and how many have never been used. For one thing, the very centre of London isn’t where it’s at. Covent Garden (239 listings), Soho (194), the City of London (185) and Westminster (140) are all in the bottom half of the list.

Sometimes taking one step back means taking two steps forward. At least that was the case with Lisa Brush, whose more than 20-year career includes time at Sunrise Senior Living, its REIT counterpart, and Ventas. After just four years at The Steeves & Rozema Group of Companies — a developer, owner and manager of senior housing, apartment and commercial real estate in Canada — Brush took the helm as CEO. Though it was during these formative years that Brush laid the foundation for her career, it wasn’t until she left Steeves & Rozema that she was propelled forward in the industry. With tenacity, high standards and a passion for the business, Brush set out to not only be the best but work with the best in the industry, says Tiffany Tomasso, now the CEO of Kensington Senior Living, who previously worked as Brush’s supervisor... She has very high standards for herself and what she wants to create and if you look at her career path, she’s done it,” Tomasso says. “She wanted to work in assisted living in the U. S. , she wanted to work for Sunrise, she set out to meet Paul Klaassen and me, and wasn’t going to stop until she got an opportunity with us. That’s where her tenacity comes in. She was very, very...

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From C-Suite to Startup: Lisa Brush, Symphony Senior Living

With tenacity, high standards and a passion for the business, Brush set out to not only be the best but work with the best in the industry, says Tiffany Tomasso, now the CEO of Kensington Senior ... the operating team to the table, otherwise it was just ...

seniorhousingnews.comJuly 8, 2015

Cooper Classics Kensington Clock, Distressed Light Brown

Add a lovely finishing touch to your home's decor with the Kensington clock. This beautiful wall clock features a glass face and a distressed light brown finish with cream highlights that will make a wonderful addition to any room.

www.houzz.comDecember 10, 2013

Adeco Retro Red Iron Framed Round Wall Clock "Kensington Station"

This simple retro wall clock features a distressed red frame surrounding large easy to read black numbers and the words "Kensington Station".This clock looks lovely on a kitchen living room or bedroom wall and makes a wonderful housewarming wedding or ...

www.houzz.comDecember 10, 2013

After a £12 million refit, the nation is being invited into Kensington Palace

As discreet work continues on Apartment 1A, the new four-storey home for Prince William, Kate and cocker spaniel Lupo, there’s a more obvious bustle in the public half of Kensington Palace ... into the room round a long table were nearly 100 men ...

www.dailymail.co.ukMarch 17, 2012

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY QUARTER STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

The engraved and silvered dial with strike/silent to the arch and signed 'COLLINGRIDGE/Aldersgate/LONDON', the triple chain fusees movement with anchor escapement, striking the quarters on a nest of eight bells and the hours on large gong; pendulum ...

www.christies.comDecember 7, 2009

Passing Time in Old Town Kensington

Okay. It's official. I'm now a "radio photographer." Collecting these pics was great fun. I stopped in a watch/clock shop in Old Town Kensington, MD. The watch repairman, Yakov (referred to as a "watchmaker" by his colleagues at the counter), was kind ...

www.npr.orgMay 26, 2009

An English mahogany eight day timepiece table clock

The mahogany case with frets to the side panels, brass dial with later centre, blued steel hands and signed Jno.Taylor London, the single line and fusee movement with verge escapement, case, dial and movement composite; pendulum, door key